Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 24-JUN-2020 08:22 AM SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I ________________________________________________________________ STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. RAMONCITO D. ABION, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CASE NO. 2PC161000043) ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Castagnetti, in place of Pollack, J., recused) Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Ramoncito Abion’s application for writ of certiorari filed on May 1, 2020, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, June 24, 2020. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Jeannette H. Castagnetti